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senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this campaign. trying to distance themselves from mourdock while at the same time not throwing him under the bus. >> we saw the obama campaign jump on this pretty quickly. do they plan to keep those attacks up beyond today? >> well, to the extent that this continues to be part of the new cycle, certainly. they believe they have been trying to paint the portrait. when it comes to women's health issues and them having control over their own bodies and the republican party is dangerous. the campaign jumping on this right away and the traveling campaign saying tha
senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this...
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he is running on kill romney. that worked because he had all the money and there were no answers to all the ads until the first debate. he has run out of ideas. that is his problem right now. >> bret: what is the hope for democrats if they close to win? what is their closing hope? >> i don't know what the closing argument will be. i think they only turn out as a result of fear. there is a better chance to get them in the car. >> if not i don't think enough turn out. >> that is it for the panel. we'll be in ohio next week. bill hemmer will be there. that is ground zero. stay tuned to see two specific groups that the campaigns are trying to sway. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...
he is running on kill romney. that worked because he had all the money and there were no answers to all the ads until the first debate. he has run out of ideas. that is his problem right now. >> bret: what is the hope for democrats if they close to win? what is their closing hope? >> i don't know what the closing argument will be. i think they only turn out as a result of fear. there is a better chance to get them in the car. >> if not i don't think enough turn out. >>...
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and mitt romney has a plan? >> mitt romney is aware economy is the main issue. that is what appeals to most voters.. >> which is more important to you? foreign or economic policy? >> economic? foreign? >> who says economic? virtually everybody. so is that a good strategy to do that? >> president must be well rounded and versed in all areas. mitt romney belongs in the private sector. and economics is his strength somewhat. >> i don't think the president qualified to be commander in chief. >> i believe americans are a little bit impatient and in my humble opinion in this instance, since -- . >> we're not -- . >> we have issues like we've had... >> four americans are dead this, is serious. it has something to do with he integrity. and honesty. it has something to do with they lied about it. >> we talk about benghazi? >> hold on, hold on. sean? sean? hold on. we're on live television. and i have lost control. thank you. please help me. >> when we talk about benghazi, there are some things we don't want to ignore. main thing we cannot do is the president's informatio
and mitt romney has a plan? >> mitt romney is aware economy is the main issue. that is what appeals to most voters.. >> which is more important to you? foreign or economic policy? >> economic? foreign? >> who says economic? virtually everybody. so is that a good strategy to do that? >> president must be well rounded and versed in all areas. mitt romney belongs in the private sector. and economics is his strength somewhat. >> i don't think the president...
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>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he is in the white house. so when i look at people like the former speaker, when i look at other republicans, pretty much every republican candidate who has ever run against mitt romney, all accuse him of having tremendous character flaws, not having a core, being willing to say anything to make it to the white house. this is not kind of where you look at a person and say well, this person's not qualified. >> i just said to beau biden earlier, it's all very well saying that but what about barack obama, i remember this being a very big moment, i was proud of it because i was against guantanamo bay.
>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he...
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romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because you invested in companies shipping jobs overseas. >> romney wants to label china a currency manipulator. but under president obama, exports have doubled. he created a trade enforcement task force to prosecute china for cheating. he's also building regional relationships to pressure china to play fair. and there's one other trade policy the president reminded romney about last night. >> if we had taken your advice about the auto industry, we would be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. >> r
romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs...
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governor romney hitting the 50 percent mark. governor romney also gaining an edge with independents. also on the economy. former speaker of the house newt gingrich is here to breakdown the polls but first the campaign trail. >> they are talking about smaller and smaller things. despite the fact that they have huge challenges. >> oo the aura of the obama campaign. >> you know something is wrong about the direction we are headed right now. >> president obama hasn't given a vision for the second term agenda. to say i do have an agenda. >> i ask you to compare my plan with governor romney's plan. >> nobody thinks we have a plan for the second term. frankly they have not offered a plan for the second term. they took his convention speech bumped it up to a 20 page pamphlet handed it out as a plan for the future. >> you know we don't want to keep going in the same path than we have been on for the past four years. >> he can't run on this agenda. he can't run on this record. what we need is a leader to sees this moment for what it is, w
governor romney hitting the 50 percent mark. governor romney also gaining an edge with independents. also on the economy. former speaker of the house newt gingrich is here to breakdown the polls but first the campaign trail. >> they are talking about smaller and smaller things. despite the fact that they have huge challenges. >> oo the aura of the obama campaign. >> you know something is wrong about the direction we are headed right now. >> president obama hasn't given a...
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today in colorado, romney leads. today in new hampshire romney leads. the race is dead even, my suspicion, by monday in ohio. and we have got a barn burner. >> bill: you are not even talking about florida, which i believe the governor is going to win. >> florida, the reason why i haven't been talking about it i think it's sweeping in the republic column same thing as virginia. five polls thursday through saturday of last week. >> bill: virginia, and the momentum in virginia and florida. this is fair and balanced is going -- the governor's way right now. we don't know about the third debate. the instinct is not doing very much. however, if president obama wins ohio then. it becomes problematic for the governor. right? he has to do an extraordinary amount of winning the -- >> you have to win colorado and wisconsin. or colorado, nevada, and new hampshire. why is nevada with the highest unemployment rate in the country still so stead fast for obama. big unions in las vegas. culinary union. >> bill: in clark county. >> clark county. very good. second thing i
today in colorado, romney leads. today in new hampshire romney leads. the race is dead even, my suspicion, by monday in ohio. and we have got a barn burner. >> bill: you are not even talking about florida, which i believe the governor is going to win. >> florida, the reason why i haven't been talking about it i think it's sweeping in the republic column same thing as virginia. five polls thursday through saturday of last week. >> bill: virginia, and the momentum in virginia...
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you've also praised romney for his debate performance after the first debate. watching the second debate and looking forward to the third one, what do you think was going to happen? >> i'm not actually looking forward to the third one. i thought the last one, watching it and looking at all the campaign ads and i live in georgia so there are a lot of ads there, i want it to all end. i want to get out, i want everybody in america to get out and vote, let's put all of this to bed so the country can start to move forward and stop all of the -- just all of the nasty back-biting and back and forth. it really disturbs me. >> it does seem to me a great shame in a country like america, which was built on being this tolerant, accepting country that took everyone in and treated you well when you got here, to watch two presidential candidates kind of looking like they're about to slug it out onstage, calling each other liars and then these ridiculous attack ads that come out, whether it's big bird or binders of women, whatever they can latch on to to attack, missing the bi
you've also praised romney for his debate performance after the first debate. watching the second debate and looking forward to the third one, what do you think was going to happen? >> i'm not actually looking forward to the third one. i thought the last one, watching it and looking at all the campaign ads and i live in georgia so there are a lot of ads there, i want it to all end. i want to get out, i want everybody in america to get out and vote, let's put all of this to bed so the...
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moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week. direction of romney. >> bret: of those changes what is most important in your mind? >> last week we saw a three, two, one strategy we have been talking about fall in place. indiana, north carolina now moving safely to romney's column. vas is a tossup. florida now. i think most people look at that. leaning romney. that is in place. he is within the hunt for ohio. that completes the two. any one of the other states wisconsin, nevada, colorado, new hampshire, any one of them, and he could complete the three, two, one strategy. own wit
moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week....
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romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably red. >> this is from the republican party in virginia. >> mitt romney's path to the white house run through virginia and to win it he must win it within an hour's drive of washington. >> it's all about northern virginia. they've moved here from democratic areas that they have turned a solid red state into a purple state. >> reporter: recent polls show a dead heat but this republican pollster likes the trend line. >> if you look at the dozen polls in virginia taken before the first presidential debate on october 3rd, obama was
romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably...
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the romney campaign quickly saying mourdock's comments don't reflect romney's views. they do reflect his running mate's views. this candidate who romney endorsed mourdock in a television ad is playing in indiana now. although they have disavowed ha statement, they have not disavowed the candidate. does this present a problem with romney's efforts to close gender gap especially when it comes to public trust? >> well, governor romney's done a great deal to close the gender gap beak because women are concerned about jobs and the economy. he has a tremendous record in the private sector on creating jobs in the economy but on this particular case, he's made it quite clear he disavows the statement and he also is very strong on his commitment to life. he only supports abortion in cases of rape, incest. women of this country are not monolithic voters. their number one concern is jobs and the economy. they're greatly concerned with the debt and president obama doesn't have the answers and the policies to create jobs and turn the economy around and the debt, has grown to $16 t
the romney campaign quickly saying mourdock's comments don't reflect romney's views. they do reflect his running mate's views. this candidate who romney endorsed mourdock in a television ad is playing in indiana now. although they have disavowed ha statement, they have not disavowed the candidate. does this present a problem with romney's efforts to close gender gap especially when it comes to public trust? >> well, governor romney's done a great deal to close the gender gap beak because...
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so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> gloria, we talked about this issue before. you were a victim of rape, had a legal abortion. does this stagger you that these politicians running for the senate, second one now, would say such extraordinary things about something as sensitive as rape and abortion and so on? >> well, i wish i could say that it surprises me but it doesn't, because there is that kind of extremism in the republican party. we heard it from todd akin, who is running for the u.s. senate seat from missouri, when he talke
so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i...
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it's the challenger, mitt romney. and that tells you that potential that still exists for this race to be a little unexpected. and i think in that way, romney is -- >> you're saying basically -- that romney has a higher ceiling than the president. >> i believe that. i think that's true. peter hart said it, and i think it's a very powerful and intuitive comment. >> all right. i want to dig into the polls here. this seems to be a game of turnout, margins, numbers, i'm going to throw a couple things up here, fred, very fast. enthusiasm numbers here on hispanic voters went up 11 points from september, october. 57% to 68. voters 18 to 34, 49 to 60. african-americans, 82-83. that is unchanged. what we should point out, though, among hispanics in 18 to 34, those are still lower than 2008. how concerned? >> lower than 2008, but unlike 2008, we still have two more weeks until the election. look, i think, chuck, that's what this -- that's what this campaign is coming down to. each of the candidates, obama, romney, are going to
it's the challenger, mitt romney. and that tells you that potential that still exists for this race to be a little unexpected. and i think in that way, romney is -- >> you're saying basically -- that romney has a higher ceiling than the president. >> i believe that. i think that's true. peter hart said it, and i think it's a very powerful and intuitive comment. >> all right. i want to dig into the polls here. this seems to be a game of turnout, margins, numbers, i'm going to...
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i saw a pro romney ad, talking to a voter and romney gives a gulp, couldn't help but wonder if i saw this 20 times did they decided they would leave the gulp in because it made romney look more human and concerned, take it out because it would make him look weak. these are the things you start to fixate on when you see something 20 times in the space of a short time. >> and even people not locked in a room, they see these campaign ads 20, 30, 40 times. i mean at what point during the 45 hours did you just completely zone out and not care anymore? >> oh, i would say about a third of the way through, i started to be overwhelmed and by halfway through it was a nightmare to see the same ad for the 18th time and i would notice the tiny things. i remember there was a woman in a pro obama ad, a woman in a grocery store comparison shopping because she's trying to save money and looking at these two cans of tuna and i kept wonderi wondering which one she was going to pick and you never find out. see the ad for the 19th time it goes battie. >> is that the one that haunts your nightmares? >> am
i saw a pro romney ad, talking to a voter and romney gives a gulp, couldn't help but wonder if i saw this 20 times did they decided they would leave the gulp in because it made romney look more human and concerned, take it out because it would make him look weak. these are the things you start to fixate on when you see something 20 times in the space of a short time. >> and even people not locked in a room, they see these campaign ads 20, 30, 40 times. i mean at what point during the 45...
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white men for mitt romney. he's got to widen again that gender gap, the female gap, and he's got to turn out -- >> right now, our poll shows that romney's winning the macro argument. he's winning the macro economic argument, he's winning on those things. the president is in this game and if he wins re-election it's because he's winning the microarguments, who's better, who's going to better look out for you if it's hispanics, on women's issues, on targeted issues, and he's putting together sort of a tapestry of how he would get his coalition together. this issue on hispanics, right now romney is overperforming mccain among white voters. he's overperforming him at points that if he were losing hispanics by the same number mccain lost them by four years ago, about 35 points, romney would be ahead, he would be sitting at about 48%, 49% depending. the problem is he's not. he's losing hispanics by historic margins. >> 50 points. >> near 50 points. if that's the case, then i don't see how, you know, we talk about flo
white men for mitt romney. he's got to widen again that gender gap, the female gap, and he's got to turn out -- >> right now, our poll shows that romney's winning the macro argument. he's winning the macro economic argument, he's winning on those things. the president is in this game and if he wins re-election it's because he's winning the microarguments, who's better, who's going to better look out for you if it's hispanics, on women's issues, on targeted issues, and he's putting...
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in guess what, mitt romney knows how to be mitt romney better than any of us know how to be mitt romney. sometimes when you watch the nba and the guy sets up in the low box, shaq or somebody and they lean back and the guy behind him defending him instead of embracing him just backs away and the guy falls backwards, that seemed to me what romney was doing with obama there. he just wouldn't go in. by the way, i want to thank newt gingrich and rick santorum for inoculating our guy way back when they would get under his skin in the debates. i thought that served romney well because he has seen behavior that is there to prick him. and he looked more presidential than the president. >> bill: all right. now, the united nations is going to monitor the u.s. election? [ laughter ] i think somebody is assigned to follow you around, miller to make sure you don't vote four times. the u.n. is going to fan out across the united states in different polling places to make sure there is no cheating, there is no subterfuge, none of that stuff. and you say. >> here is the unspoken mandate for the u.n., the
in guess what, mitt romney knows how to be mitt romney better than any of us know how to be mitt romney. sometimes when you watch the nba and the guy sets up in the low box, shaq or somebody and they lean back and the guy behind him defending him instead of embracing him just backs away and the guy falls backwards, that seemed to me what romney was doing with obama there. he just wouldn't go in. by the way, i want to thank newt gingrich and rick santorum for inoculating our guy way back when...
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, if romney comes up short, you are going to have a bunch of conservatives that will blame romney, blame the campaign. when you look at the poll over the last year, romney's favorable ratings are better than the favorable ratings of the republican party. if obama wins he will do it on the backs of aender gap and hispanics. is that mitt romney's issue or the issue of the republican party? that's an interesting question if that's the way things turn out on election day. >> that's the $64,000 question, chuck. if there is romney loss does it make the pear trend more conservative or moderate? that's something we will see in a lame duck session. ping chuck vh1. >> classic. >> i'm sorry, classic. that dates you more. >> don't trust no one over 40 now. that's my problem. >> absolutely. you watch those videos. chuck will be back in just a few minutes with a close-up on colorado. why that battleground state isn't getting respect it deserves. up next, we will hear from both the obama and romney campaigns as they sprint to the finish. whos that momentum? could mourdock's comment change the dynamic o
, if romney comes up short, you are going to have a bunch of conservatives that will blame romney, blame the campaign. when you look at the poll over the last year, romney's favorable ratings are better than the favorable ratings of the republican party. if obama wins he will do it on the backs of aender gap and hispanics. is that mitt romney's issue or the issue of the republican party? that's an interesting question if that's the way things turn out on election day. >> that's the...
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and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing to talk about, that was a failure. and he can't tell you because it's not going to be good. i think the problem obama has is that he can tell part of the story, thanks to bill clinton, which is, "they gave me a problem and i stopped what they were doing. now you don't want to give it back to the people who caused the problem." but what he is not then le to do, which i lesh he would do, i to say, "and the reason it was so hard for me to do as much as i wanted, and the reason i need your help, america, going forward, is that these people are going to fightars tooth and nail every step of the way. and s
and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing...
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romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up. >> and for military voters in virginia, romney's charge that the size of the navy is at 1917 levels. >> well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> reporter: it was hardly a direct hit for either candidate. as it turns out, every marine still undergoes bayonet training. and the fact checking watchdog blame the president for the current navy fleet levels as pants on fire. now, as for the president's blueprint that he laid out earlier today talking about his second term agenda, we did talk to some senio
romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up....
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romney is doing better in florida, virginia, and colorado. the president is doing well in the middle east. in terms of this debate, the president is-- it's a continuity debate for the president, basically. he has an ad out now on the economy where a guy with a close-cropped haircut at the end says, "stick with this guy want am well, if you're watching him talk about foreign policy, the president has a better case to make on want "stick with this guy." for undecide voters judging the economy and all kinds of different things, the president can make that case-- stick with me. don't change horses in midstream on foreign policy. it may not be your number one issue but it slides over on the argument he's making on all issues. >> schieffer: you know, i think it's entirely possible you would have one of these candidates win the popular vote and another win the electoral vote. >> i think that's possible. you could. it depends. it's so tight now, we really don't know. there was a period where the national polls showed a big surge for romney. that woul
romney is doing better in florida, virginia, and colorado. the president is doing well in the middle east. in terms of this debate, the president is-- it's a continuity debate for the president, basically. he has an ad out now on the economy where a guy with a close-cropped haircut at the end says, "stick with this guy want am well, if you're watching him talk about foreign policy, the president has a better case to make on want "stick with this guy." for undecide voters judging...
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romney. >> i did. >> are you in contact with him all the time? >> yes. >> what do you talk about? >> in general. he has a stance on china, which is a country that is ripping our heart out. we do nothing to protect ourselves, that i really like. >> where were these made? >> i don't know where they were made. but they are great. it's ties, shirts, cuff links. sold at macy's and they are doing great. >> where are the ties made? >> the ties are made in where? china. the ties are made in china. >> that look on donald trump's face is worth a million gold plated towers. that's worth the price of whatever impulse you have towards your fellow human being donald trump. whatever price you pay in empathetic shame just for the pleasure of seeing his actual shame at having that issue resolved that way on national tv. to be satisfied with seeing this lie of his unravelled. because it is a kind of lie to make it seem like you're the guy who would be super tough on china in business terms and economic terms.
romney. >> i did. >> are you in contact with him all the time? >> yes. >> what do you talk about? >> in general. he has a stance on china, which is a country that is ripping our heart out. we do nothing to protect ourselves, that i really like. >> where were these made? >> i don't know where they were made. but they are great. it's ties, shirts, cuff links. sold at macy's and they are doing great. >> where are the ties made? >> the ties are...
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romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out war against that country without using the ward wor. we attack their nuclear sites, they say urngcle, and that's the end of it. that's where people like general kour tis le may said 50 years ago during the cuban missile crisis. just knock out the soviet missiles in cuba. they won't do nothing. nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new york and said to. quote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our missiles even if only one or two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. an awful lot of people would have been wiped out. consequences. understand the consequences. th
romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out...
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will he be able to campaign, and what do you think about governor romney? let's listen to the audio of david axelrod answering that question. >> i'm not going to tell governor romney what to do and, frankly, i don't think he is going to ask for my opinion either, but as far as the president goes, he has real responsibilities, and he, you know -- those responsibilities come first, and, you know, he is in constant contact with craig fugate, janet napolitano and all those with responsibility here and is going to monitor this. obviously, it's a very, very concerning situation. you know, in temz of the logistics, you know, we're obviously going to lose a bunch of campaign time, but that's as it has to be, and we'll try and make it up on the back end. so for us it's not a matter of optics. it's a matter of responsibility, and governor romney can decide for himself what he wants to do. >> and there you have david axelrod, chief strategist for president obama just a short time ago explaining how the obama campaign will spend their focus over the next couple of days
will he be able to campaign, and what do you think about governor romney? let's listen to the audio of david axelrod answering that question. >> i'm not going to tell governor romney what to do and, frankly, i don't think he is going to ask for my opinion either, but as far as the president goes, he has real responsibilities, and he, you know -- those responsibilities come first, and, you know, he is in constant contact with craig fugate, janet napolitano and all those with responsibility...
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governor romney on the other hand-- >> schieffer: it's governor romney who brought up binders and big bird. >> they're trying to make that the central argument in the last 16 days is really very small for their campaign and they've conducted themselves like this over the last six months. i think a lot of people right now, we have 23 million people struggling to find work. we have a national debt that's over $16 trillion. $4 trillion-- this president has added trillion-dollar deficits every year for the last four years, and this is the president's closing argument. i think one of the condition tafts that has emerged in these deterioration one that has worked to governor romney's favor is governor romney has plans for the future on everything from bringing down energy lies lowering health care costs, rejuvenating the economy, putting people back to work. and that contrast has worked in our favor because governor romney has a plan for the future. whereas over the next four years, we don't know what president obama would do. and the american people right now i think are judging the presid
governor romney on the other hand-- >> schieffer: it's governor romney who brought up binders and big bird. >> they're trying to make that the central argument in the last 16 days is really very small for their campaign and they've conducted themselves like this over the last six months. i think a lot of people right now, we have 23 million people struggling to find work. we have a national debt that's over $16 trillion. $4 trillion-- this president has added trillion-dollar...
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mitt romney makes his case. the republican nominee in battleground iowa where minutes from now he will deliver what his campaign calls a major speech on the economy. and in ohio, thursday romney borrowed a page from president obama's 2008 playbook calling himself the candidate of change. >> this is a time when america faces big challenges. we have a big election and we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he won't. >> hello, everybody. hello. so exciting. >> getting out the vote, president obama in chicago to cast his early ballot and encourage voters to do the same. >> all across the country we're seeing a lot of early voting. it means you don't have to, you know, figure out whether you need to take time off work, figure out how to pick up the kids, and still cast your ballot. if something happens on election day. >> and don't be late, first lady michele obama shares her unique strategy for getting people to the polls with jimmy kimmel. >> election day, election day. up and adam.
mitt romney makes his case. the republican nominee in battleground iowa where minutes from now he will deliver what his campaign calls a major speech on the economy. and in ohio, thursday romney borrowed a page from president obama's 2008 playbook calling himself the candidate of change. >> this is a time when america faces big challenges. we have a big election and we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he won't. >> hello, everybody. hello. so...
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senate. >> it's a very fair ad when you consider that the romney and the romney campaign took their time and decided, yes, we're sticking with richard. >> yes. and he cut that ad for richard mourdock the same day of the debate. the same day that richard mourdock made the statement about rape. i mean, i think, the thing we have to remember is that mitt romney pulled off this incredible magic trip was to separate himself from the republican brand. to separate himself from really what alarmed young women in particular in this country about republicans, which is wait a minute. they actually believe that there is something, a difference between so-called forceable rape and regular rape. he distanced himself from the todd akin wing of the party at one point and was allowed to go forward. there's someone closer to mitt romney who believes exactly the way that richard mourdock does. it's his running mate. paul ryan. the other elephant in the room. >> karen your quick take on what this does to the indiana senate race? >> unfortunately the indiana senate race, i think it probably doesn't change th
senate. >> it's a very fair ad when you consider that the romney and the romney campaign took their time and decided, yes, we're sticking with richard. >> yes. and he cut that ad for richard mourdock the same day of the debate. the same day that richard mourdock made the statement about rape. i mean, i think, the thing we have to remember is that mitt romney pulled off this incredible magic trip was to separate himself from the republican brand. to separate himself from really what...
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and obama isn't just beating romney. this week i spoke to campaign aide, adam fletcher who says the obama campaign is also beating its early vote margins from 2008. what is the gop response? it's twofold. first, they say they have an advantage with absentee and election-day voters. that's true. but there is another response that i think is more troubling. in ohio, they tried to stop the early voting on the weekend before november 6th. that's against the rules. and when that failed, ohio republicans went all the way to the supreme court, which rejected their attempt. so like voter id laws, early vote cog become another ugly battle over the right to vote itself. and that's one rule of politics that hasn't changed here. the party trying to suppress votes is usually the one losing. craig? >> ari melber, always appreciate your insight here. let me ask you one thing before i let you get out of here or we bring some other folks in. >> sure. >> if early voting is as vital as it seems to be this year, why isn't the romney camp pl
and obama isn't just beating romney. this week i spoke to campaign aide, adam fletcher who says the obama campaign is also beating its early vote margins from 2008. what is the gop response? it's twofold. first, they say they have an advantage with absentee and election-day voters. that's true. but there is another response that i think is more troubling. in ohio, they tried to stop the early voting on the weekend before november 6th. that's against the rules. and when that failed, ohio...
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mitt romney is not one of them. mitt romney is a person who has said i do believe in exceptions for rape and the health of the mother. so, i think that these two cases certainly democrats made a lot of hay out of the akin and very successful for them politically. i can see them trying to do the same with mourdock. it will be very successful and i think steve to your point that you're right that it will sort of cement the narrative that obama is the woman kand date, the candidate for women. and mitt romney is the candidate for men. >> and certainly in terms of control of the senate, one more example where extremism has cost republicans a seat that they should have got. >> i should just point out. 10 million more women voters than men. 54% of the electorate. leading among men is not leading among women. >> i think there's agreement of both sides and heard people of both sides of a tug of a very specific demographic. married mothers who they think are the difference in colorado or ohio and torn because they have really
mitt romney is not one of them. mitt romney is a person who has said i do believe in exceptions for rape and the health of the mother. so, i think that these two cases certainly democrats made a lot of hay out of the akin and very successful for them politically. i can see them trying to do the same with mourdock. it will be very successful and i think steve to your point that you're right that it will sort of cement the narrative that obama is the woman kand date, the candidate for women. and...
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romney's campaign. promise tax cuts that would blow a much bigger hole in the federal budget while worsening economic inequality. his claims he could avoid those negative effects which defy math and which he refuses to back up with actual proposals are more insulting than reassuring. wlaets get right to our panel inform washington. eugene robinson, an msnbc analyst and a pulitzer prize winning columnist for the aforementioned "washington post" and here in new york richard wolffe is the vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com. romney has been saying the democrats have a shrinking campaign because all they want to talk about is abortion. we've been talking for 12 months about mitt romney's economic plan. we've been talking for two years about his central thesis for the presidency, what he wants to do, and what we have today is someone as esteem as general colin powell saying he, too, has looked at mr. romney carefully and decided the man is vac cuous and has nothing to stand on. >> by the way, wo
romney's campaign. promise tax cuts that would blow a much bigger hole in the federal budget while worsening economic inequality. his claims he could avoid those negative effects which defy math and which he refuses to back up with actual proposals are more insulting than reassuring. wlaets get right to our panel inform washington. eugene robinson, an msnbc analyst and a pulitzer prize winning columnist for the aforementioned "washington post" and here in new york richard wolffe is...